KSNF
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| Joplin, Missouri/Pittsburg, Kansas | |
| Branding | KSN 16 |
| Slogan | Your Hometown News |
| Channels | Analog: 16 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 2, 1967 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Kansas State Network Four-States (reflecting former owner) |
| Sister station(s) | KODE-TV |
| Former callsigns | KUHI-TV (1967-1974) KTVJ (1974-1982) |
| Former affiliations | CBS (1967-1980) |
| Transmitter Power | 2570 kW (analog) 175 kW (digital) |
| Height | 313 m (analog) 322.2 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 67766 |
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| Website | www.fourstateshomepage.com |
KSNF is the NBC affiliate for the Joplin, Missouri-Pittsburg, Kansas television market, the 145th DMA. KSNF broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 16 and its digital signal on UHF channel 46. Its transmitter is located in Joplin.
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[edit] History
The station first signed on as CBS affiliate KUHI-TV on September 2, 1967, changing its call letters to KTVJ (Television of Joplin) in 1974. It swapped affiliations with KOAM-TV in 1980 and became an NBC affiliate. The owners of the Kansas State Network (KSNW) bought the station in 1982, changing the calls to KSNF, but the station did limited simulcasting with KSNW. KSN then sold KSNF to Price Communications in 1987, but the station continued the partial simulcast with KSNW. It stopped simulcasting KSNW completely after George Lilly (SJL Communications) acquired the KSN stations and, in a cost cutting effort, cut the microwave links to KSNT and KSNF. The Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired the station in 1998, with its digital signal on channel 46 signing on in 2003. KSNF was the first station in the Joplin-Pittsburg market to broadcast on the UHF band, which as a result, is where the first set of call letters, KUHI (K Ultra HIgh Frequency), came from. In 2002 it was announced KSNF and ABC affiliate KODE would merge, with building expansion planned at the KSN studios. Although some departments did in fact move to KSNF, the process has not yet been completed, leaving the Joplin market as the only one of the several Nexstar-owned duopolies to have failed to completely merge. In June of 2008 KSN began broadcasting NBC HD programming to HD customers on cable and satellite. At this time, only NBC Programming is provided in HD, local news and syndicated shows are still in SD, pending the upgrade of KSN's production systems and equipment to accommodate HD.
[edit] Branding
[edit] Newscast titles
- KTVJ 16 Reports At (time) (1969-1980)
- KSN NewsCenter (1982-1997)
- KSN16 Your Hometown News Station (1997-1999)
- KSN16 Your Hometown News (1999-2005)
- KSN Your Hometown News (2005-present)
While in its role as airing partial simulcasts of KSNW programming, it used the Hello News music package until 1990.
In November 2005, a graphics & music change took place. As part of the update (and with upcoming digital changes) the "16" was removed from KSN's logo, opens, and all other images, including station vehicles.
[edit] Station slogans
- Come Home To KSN (1982-1994)
- Your Hometown News (1997-present)
- Experience The Difference (2004-present)
[edit] News staff
- Hometown Today:
- Stefan Chase
- Jeremiah Cook
- Hometown News At Noon:
- Stefan Chase
- Jeremiah Cook
- KSN First At Five:
- Tiffany Alaniz
- Gary Bandy (weather)
- Hometown News At Six and Ten (weekdays):
- Jim Jackson
- Toni Valliere
- Gary Bandy (weather)
- Eric Knecht (sports)
- Hometown News At Six and Ten (weekends):
- Stephanie Diffin
- Iris Hermosillo (weather)
- Morgan Vance (sports)
- Reporters:
- Bonney Bowman
- Brad Douglas
- Philip Mitchell
- Stuart Price
- Carol Parker
[edit] Logos
 KUHI-TV logo, April 1974. |
[edit] External links
- KSNF Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KSNF
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KSNF-TV
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